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Record 1 1996-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

A review of performance history at existing shallow land burial sites in the USA provides strong evidence that structurally unstable waste contributes to rapid slumping or collapse of trench covers, with subsequent water infiltration and leaching of radioactivity from the waste.

OBS

See also "engineered cover", "earthen cover", "clay top cover" and "multilayered cap" in TERMIUM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Voir aussi «couverture artificielle» dans TERMIUM.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desechos nucleares
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